邪术异端。门户林立。煽惑人心不可不辟。
东亭曰。方今正道湮没。邪教蜂起。见有在家修道之士。误入傍门曲径。执迷不悟者。
多也
。迩闻俺中土。教门林立。聊以表之。有清静门。大乘门。金丹门。瑶池门。以及姚门。一
指
门。先天门。大智门。老君门。最上一乘门。种种傍门。姑不尽述。无非教人吃斋诵经。谓
之
修善果。戒杀放生。谓之积功德。存思死后。必为仙真。而归阆苑。或作佛祖。而归西天。
以此蛊惑人心。败坏风俗。皇天震怒。官府知之而不容哉。向有在家门祝。出家僧道。捏造
科录。与病患禳解星辰。代老人拜斗延生。或替死人做斋。超度亡魂。或遭灾厄。打醮保护
地方。但此外道。焉有斯法力。实乃弄财一大术局而已。且王公学士之家。亦被哄弄。以为
前传后教之事。不曾究及。未必不明其理。不知其幻乎。更有引诱人出家。削发改妆。学习
沙门
规矩。谓之皈依佛氏。有开设禅林。招摇四方僧人聚会。用艾火。灸头顶。打七跑香。给文
帖衣钵。谓之受戒和尚。有待老死。用火焚身。谓之脱化成佛。有提公案。参话头。冥心
打坐。
盲修瞎炼。谓之修行。有搬运存想。咽津纳气。守静观鼻。谓之学道。有终日忙忙。募化功
德。建修寺观。实为已身营谋有吞日精。吸月华。注想长生而不老。有步罡履斗书符念咒。
拿妖捉怪。骗人银钱。有用五金八石。讲炉火。炼黄白。拐人资本。有黑夜纠集男女。入立
空
室。赤身露体。比脐合气。以为传道。有用女子。作鼎器采取首经红铅凝结丹药。只望白日
而登天。纷纷邪术。难以悉举概行不义之事。实属伤天害理。惑世诳人。饶尔逃过。法网
。料
知难逃业报。到不如改务正业。归入正道。何等乐哉。但望天下善男信女。明其弊端。知其
妄谬。固不被斯坑陷耳。
汪东亭说：当今正道湮没，邪教蜂拥而起。我见到在家修行的士人，误入旁门左道，执迷不悟的人很多。近来听说我们中原地区，教派众多，姑且列举如下：有清静门、大乘门、金丹门、瑶池门，以及姚门、一指门、先天门、大智门、老君门、最上一乘门等种种旁门，这里暂且不详尽叙述。这些门派无非是教人吃斋诵经，称之为修善果；戒杀放生，称之为积功德；存思死后必成仙真，回归阆苑（仙境），或成为佛祖，回归西天。以此蛊惑人心，败坏风俗，皇天震怒，官府知晓后岂能容忍？
以往有在家的居士、出家的僧道，捏造科仪录文，为病患禳解星辰灾厄，替老人拜斗祈求延寿，或者替死者做法事超度亡魂；或者遭遇灾难时，举行醮坛仪式保护地方。但这些外道之法，哪里有什么法力？这实际上是一场骗取钱财的骗局罢了。就连王公贵族和学士之家，也被哄骗，认为这是前代传承、后代教导的事情，未曾深究其中道理，未必不明其虚幻本质吗？
更有引诱他人出家，剃发改装，学习沙门（佛教僧侣）规矩，称之为皈依佛氏；有的开设禅林，招摇过市，聚集四方僧人聚会，用艾火灸头顶，打七跑香（一种苦行修行方式），发放文书衣钵，称之为受戒和尚；有的等待年老死去时，用火焚身，称之为脱化成佛；有的提出公案，参究话头，冥心打坐，盲目瞎练，称之为修行；有的搬运气息、存想内景、咽津纳气、守静观鼻，称之为学道；有的终日忙碌，募化功德，修建寺观，实则是为自己谋取利益；有的吞食日精、吸收月华，注想长生不老；有的步罡踏斗、书符念咒，捉妖拿怪，骗取人们钱财；有的使用五金八石（金属矿物），讲论炉火炼丹，炼制黄白（金银），拐骗人们资本；有的在黑夜纠集男女，进入空室，赤身露体，脐部相合运气，以为是在传道；有的利用女子作为鼎器，采取初潮红铅凝结丹药，只希望白日飞升登天。
这些纷纷扰扰的邪术，难以一一列举，都是不行正义之事，实属伤天害理，迷惑世人欺骗人类。即使侥幸逃过世俗法网，料知也难逃业报轮回。倒不如改做正业，归入正道，那该是多么快乐啊！只望天下的善男信女，明白其中的弊端，知道其虚妄谬误，从而不被这些坑陷所害。
Heterodox arts and heretical sects, with numerous factions standing in opposition, incite and bewilder the human mind; they must be refuted.
Wang Dongting said: "At present, the orthodox Way is obscured, while evil cults rise like swarms of bees. I observe that there are many lay practitioners who have mistakenly entered unorthodox paths and side tracks, remaining obstinately deluded and unwilling to awaken. Recently, I have heard that within our Central Plains, religious sects are numerous. Let me briefly list them: there are the Qingjing Sect (Pure and Quiet Sect), Dacheng Sect (Great Vehicle Sect), Jindan Sect (Golden Elixir Sect), Yaochi Sect (Jade Pool Sect), as well as the Yao Sect, Yizhi Sect (One Finger Sect), Xiantian Sect (Pre-Heaven Sect), Dazhi Sect (Great Wisdom Sect), Laojun Sect (Lord Lao Sect), Zuishang Yicheng Sect (Supreme One Vehicle Sect), and various other unorthodox schools, which I shall not enumerate in full here. They all essentially teach people to eat vegetarian food and chant scriptures, calling this 'cultivating good fruits'; to abstain from killing and release living beings, calling this 'accumulating merit'; to contemplate after death one will surely become an Immortal or True Person, returning to Langyuan (a mythical fairyland), or become a Buddha, returning to the Western Heaven. Through such means, they bewilder the human mind and corrupt social customs. The Imperial Heaven is enraged; how could the government, knowing of this, tolerate it?
In the past, lay devotees and ordained monks and Daoists fabricated ritual manuals, performing star-expiation rites for the sick, praying to the Dipper stars to extend the life of the elderly, or holding memorial services for the dead to deliver their souls. When disasters struck, they held jiao altars to protect the locality. But these heterodox methods possess no such magical power; they are merely large-scale schemes to defraud people of money. Even households of princes, nobles, and scholars have been deceived, believing these to be matters passed down through generations, without investigating whether they do not understand the principles or recognize their illusory nature.
Furthermore, some lure others into ordination, shaving their heads and changing their attire to learn the rules of Shamen (Buddhist monastics), calling this 'taking refuge in Buddhism.' Some establish Zen forests, creating a stir by gathering monks from all directions, using moxibustion on the crown of the head, practicing 'Daqi' and running incense (ascetic practices), issuing documents and robes, calling this 'receiving precepts from a Master.' Some wait until old age and death to burn their bodies, calling this 'transforming into a Buddha.' Some pose koans and investigate phrases, sitting in meditation with focused minds, blindly cultivating, calling this 'practicing the Way.' Some manipulate qi circulation, visualize internal scenes, swallow saliva, ingest breath, maintain stillness, and gaze at the nose, calling this 'learning the Dao.' Some are busy all day soliciting donations to build temples and monasteries, actually seeking personal gain. Some swallow the essence of the sun and absorb the radiance of the moon, focusing thoughts on longevity and eternal youth. Some perform Bagang Ludou (walking the Big Dipper pattern), write talismans, and chant spells to capture demons and monsters, deceiving people out of their silver and money. Some use the five metals and eight stones, discussing furnace alchemy to refine gold and silver, swindling people's capital. In the dark of night, they gather men and women, enter empty rooms, stand naked, press their navels together to exchange qi, claiming this is transmitting the Dao. Some utilize women as cauldrons to collect the first menstruation blood (Red Lead) to condense elixirs, hoping only to ascend to heaven during the day.
These myriad heterodox arts are too numerous to list completely; they all engage in unjust acts, truly harming heaven and injuring reason, confusing the world and deceiving humans. Even if you manage to escape the net of secular law, you know it will be difficult to escape karmic retribution. It would be better to abandon these pursuits, engage in proper occupations, and return to the orthodox path—how joyful that would be! I only hope that all devout men and women in the world will understand these drawbacks, recognize their falsehood and error, and thus avoid falling into these traps."